what is the best player for movie and good sound? - Page 2

4ki · 10-01-2007, 16:25

macbook = ultimate chunky pmp? hurrrr...

in_flames: Yeah, that's how I feel, however every once in a while it's cool to be able to take out my d2 and watch a film or video that I've saved for the heck of things. Most of the time, though, I'd much rather listen to some Perfect Piano Lesson :B

Kodai · 10-01-2007, 20:14

If the only video you will watch is 4:3, then the D2 will work fine. If you are going to watch anything that is letterboxed, look at the A2.

If you are thinking of the A3 or Q5, you might as well also look at notebook computers. They have many more video codecs available, larger hard drives, and a DVD drive, just not as much battery life, for about the same price.

SagiCZ · 10-02-2007, 06:57

ok... i go to buy D2 ...

asdfer · 10-03-2007, 16:35

Recently one of my friends brought me a Gemei X 750 which I've never heard before, despite the average design, it has quite some interesting features:

2G flash, with expansion slot for up to 4G mini SD;
full support on FLAC and APE;
full support on RM/RMVB/AVI/FLV/MPG/MPEG/DAT, (no conversion is needed, though it might be a bit slow for extreme high rates);
16k colors screen;
speaker;
txt;
FM;
recording;
lyric;
JPG/BMP/GIF;
touch pad control;

Officially it says >=80db only so I guess the audio is not the best;
no av out;
USB 2.0 but it's on the slow side (just a bit better than 1.1);
strange 4:3 ratio screen stretched to 16:9;

Then I looked it up on the web and found its successor X 760, which looks different
with all features of 750 but this one does not use a touch pad, also 2G flash with expansion slot for up to 4G mini SD, plus
Two speakers for stereo output
support 16bit and some 32bit game emulation (MD, NES, SFC, GBA, NEO GEO);
3" 320×240 screen;
more powerful battery (vs X750) 1600mAH (25h audio,7h video)

The adapter is 220v so I think currently it's only for Chinese local market. the price is CNY780, about USD105. a 4G version is said to be available. They also have a Sony PSP like X790 thing to be come out later.

you can take a look here
x-760
http://detail.zol.com.cn/114/113344/pic.shtml
x-750
http://detail.zol.com.cn/107/106461/pic.shtml

It's also mentioned here

http://www.pmptoday.com/2007/07/28/g...hotos-at-last/

However, it's a small company and I'm not sure how far it will go finally, but they do provide more choices, at least I know that there're flash mp3 that can play most video formats without conversion.

The reason I brought this up is that I think soon some bigger companies in the market would produce small screen flash mp3 with AV-out, that can decode all formats of video, something like a D2 with built-in speaker and no need to convert anything.

4ki · 10-03-2007, 18:31

^the main issue with these companies are two things that will profoundly effect value: build quality, and firmware support. I'd also mention a warranty, but that's something relative to companies' policies. The Meizu, though popular, has some major kinks that seem to be ignored in favor of newer products. For this reason, I'd be very weary of any small and notable Chinese company. Yes, every place has their own Coby or iPod rip-off, but even companies like Meizu, which are said to be quite good, have utterly failed in the service department.

asdfer · 10-04-2007, 12:27

4ki, yes you are absolutely right. I mentioned it just for the features but I don't recommend it nor Meizu at all. Quality is not good enough, not to mention the service.

I've just started to play with the Gemei X750, OMG, it cannot connect to the PC most of the time and I'm not the only lucky guy on their support forum.

I've bought a meizu m6 for my cousin early this year, it looks pretty, usable, with an above-average-bundled earbud. However, though they have a 1-year warranty, most of the earbuds will break very quickly around the connector (bad design, they have a new version said to be more robust, but I doubt it). The worse is, it's said that meizu now denies that they ever promised USB host (OTG) for m6, and bans anybody mentioning it on their forum. (OTG was listed as a feature-to-come before on their official website but now it's removed.) What an attitude!

10-01-2007, 16:25	#16
4ki .DIGIANALOGUOUS._. Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Eugene, OR Posts: 1,156	macbook = ultimate chunky pmp? hurrrr... in_flames: Yeah, that's how I feel, however every once in a while it's cool to be able to take out my d2 and watch a film or video that I've saved for the heck of things. Most of the time, though, I'd much rather listen to some Perfect Piano Lesson :B __________________ //COWON D2 > :: Denon D1001 (pending cable mod) :: YUIN PK3 :: Sound Magic PL50 :: Panasonic RP-HTX7 (Pad Mod) :: Koss KSC-75 (Kramer Mod) :: Sony MDR-EX56LP :: Kramer-Modded JVC HA-FX33 //OWNED > :: Nuforce NE-7m:: Alessandro MS-1 :: Shure E4C :: Ultimate Ears super.fi 3 Studio :: Atrio M5 :: Creative EP630 _//LAST.FM _//FLICKR _//DEVART

10-01-2007, 20:14	#17
Kodai Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Mipple City Posts: 89	If the only video you will watch is 4:3, then the D2 will work fine. If you are going to watch anything that is letterboxed, look at the A2. If you are thinking of the A3 or Q5, you might as well also look at notebook computers. They have many more video codecs available, larger hard drives, and a DVD drive, just not as much battery life, for about the same price. __________________ As far as we know, peanut butter has no effect on the rotation of the Earth. -- Annals of Improbable Research

10-03-2007, 16:35	#19
asdfer Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 3	There're some Chinese brands Recently one of my friends brought me a Gemei X 750 which I've never heard before, despite the average design, it has quite some interesting features: 2G flash, with expansion slot for up to 4G mini SD; full support on FLAC and APE; full support on RM/RMVB/AVI/FLV/MPG/MPEG/DAT, (no conversion is needed, though it might be a bit slow for extreme high rates); 16k colors screen; speaker; txt; FM; recording; lyric; JPG/BMP/GIF; touch pad control; Officially it says >=80db only so I guess the audio is not the best; no av out; USB 2.0 but it's on the slow side (just a bit better than 1.1); strange 4:3 ratio screen stretched to 16:9; Then I looked it up on the web and found its successor X 760, which looks different with all features of 750 but this one does not use a touch pad, also 2G flash with expansion slot for up to 4G mini SD, plus Two speakers for stereo output support 16bit and some 32bit game emulation (MD, NES, SFC, GBA, NEO GEO); 3" 320×240 screen; more powerful battery (vs X750) 1600mAH (25h audio,7h video) The adapter is 220v so I think currently it's only for Chinese local market. the price is CNY780, about USD105. a 4G version is said to be available. They also have a Sony PSP like X790 thing to be come out later. you can take a look here x-760 http://detail.zol.com.cn/114/113344/pic.shtml x-750 http://detail.zol.com.cn/107/106461/pic.shtml It's also mentioned here http://www.pmptoday.com/2007/07/28/g...hotos-at-last/ However, it's a small company and I'm not sure how far it will go finally, but they do provide more choices, at least I know that there're flash mp3 that can play most video formats without conversion. The reason I brought this up is that I think soon some bigger companies in the market would produce small screen flash mp3 with AV-out, that can decode all formats of video, something like a D2 with built-in speaker and no need to convert anything. Last edited by asdfer; 10-04-2007 at 07:47.

10-03-2007, 18:31	#20
4ki .DIGIANALOGUOUS._. Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Eugene, OR Posts: 1,156	^the main issue with these companies are two things that will profoundly effect value: build quality, and firmware support. I'd also mention a warranty, but that's something relative to companies' policies. The Meizu, though popular, has some major kinks that seem to be ignored in favor of newer products. For this reason, I'd be very weary of any small and notable Chinese company. Yes, every place has their own Coby or iPod rip-off, but even companies like Meizu, which are said to be quite good, have utterly failed in the service department. __________________ //COWON D2 > :: Denon D1001 (pending cable mod) :: YUIN PK3 :: Sound Magic PL50 :: Panasonic RP-HTX7 (Pad Mod) :: Koss KSC-75 (Kramer Mod) :: Sony MDR-EX56LP :: Kramer-Modded JVC HA-FX33 //OWNED > :: Nuforce NE-7m:: Alessandro MS-1 :: Shure E4C :: Ultimate Ears super.fi 3 Studio :: Atrio M5 :: Creative EP630 _//LAST.FM _//FLICKR _//DEVART

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10-02-2007, 06:57	#18
SagiCZ Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 27	ok... i go to buy D2 ...

10-04-2007, 12:27	#21
asdfer Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 3	4ki, yes you are absolutely right. I mentioned it just for the features but I don't recommend it nor Meizu at all. Quality is not good enough, not to mention the service. I've just started to play with the Gemei X750, OMG, it cannot connect to the PC most of the time and I'm not the only lucky guy on their support forum. I've bought a meizu m6 for my cousin early this year, it looks pretty, usable, with an above-average-bundled earbud. However, though they have a 1-year warranty, most of the earbuds will break very quickly around the connector (bad design, they have a new version said to be more robust, but I doubt it). The worse is, it's said that meizu now denies that they ever promised USB host (OTG) for m6, and bans anybody mentioning it on their forum. (OTG was listed as a feature-to-come before on their official website but now it's removed.) What an attitude!